Scheme Assessment Report Arundel Bypass May 2018 May A 27 Volume 1.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................1 1.1 SCHEME CONTEXT ....................................................................................... 1 1.2 SCHEME HISTORY ........................................................................................ 2 1.3 SCHEME BRIEF ............................................................................................. 5 ROAD INVESTMENT STRATEGY OBJECTIVES ............................................ 5 HIGHWAYS ENGLAND SCHEME OBJECTIVES ............................................ 6 1.4 PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT ........................................................................ 7 2 SUMMARY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS ....................................8 2.1 STUDY AREA/ LAND-USE/ LOCALITY.......................................................... 8 2.2 EXISTING NETWORK .................................................................................. 10 HIGHWAY ..................................................................................................... 10 RAIL .............................................................................................................. 11 NON-MOTORISED USERS........................................................................... 12 2.3 EXISTING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS............................................................... 13 SOURCE DATA ............................................................................................ 13 JOURNEY PATTERNS ................................................................................. 13 2.4 TRAFFIC FLOWS ......................................................................................... 14 2.5 JOURNEY TIME ........................................................................................... 17 2.6 PUBLIC UTILITIES ....................................................................................... 18 2.7 EXISTING ACCIDENT RECORD .................................................................. 19 2.8 ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW ................................................................... 21 2.9 AIR QUALITY ............................................................................................... 21 2.10 CULTURAL HERITAGE................................................................................ 22 2.11 LANDSCAPE ................................................................................................ 25 2.12 BIODIVERSITY ............................................................................................. 26 DESIGNATED SITES .................................................................................... 26 NON-DESIGNATED SITES ........................................................................... 28 HABITATS .................................................................................................... 28 2.13 GEOLOGY AND SOILS ................................................................................ 31 GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY ............................................................. 31 SURFACE WATER ....................................................................................... 31 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNATIONS ............................................................ 32 CONCEPTUAL SITE MODEL ........................................................................ 32 2.14 MATERIALS AND WASTE ........................................................................... 32 MATERIALS .................................................................................................. 32 SITE ARISINGS ............................................................................................ 33 WASTE GENERATION AND DISPOSAL ...................................................... 33 2.15 NOISE AND VIBRATION .............................................................................. 33 2.16 PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES ..................................................................... 35 MOTORISED TRAVELLERS: DRIVER VIEWS.............................................. 35 PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS AND EQUESTRIANS: AMENITY AND JOURNEY LENGTH AND COMMUNITY SEVERANCE ................................. 36 TOURISM AND RECREATION ..................................................................... 36 HOUSING ..................................................................................................... 36 COMMUNITY LAND ...................................................................................... 36 DEVELOPMENT LAND ................................................................................. 37 AGRICULTURAL LAND ................................................................................ 37 2.17 ROAD DRAINAGE AND THE WATER ENVIRONMENT ............................... 37 SURFACE WATER ....................................................................................... 37 GROUNDWATER ......................................................................................... 38 FLOOD RISK ................................................................................................ 39 WATER RECEPTORS .................................................................................. 39 2.18 CLIMATE ...................................................................................................... 40 3 SUMMARY OF PLANNING POLICY ..........................................41 3.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 41 3.2 KEY LEGAL TESTS OF RELEVANCE ......................................................... 41 3.3 NATIONAL POLICY...................................................................................... 42 NATIONAL POLICY STATEMENT FOR NATIONAL NETWORKS (NNNPS) ....................................................................................................... 42 NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK (NPPF) ............................... 42 3.4 OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS – NATIONAL LEVEL ............................ 42 ROAD INVESTMENT STRATEGY (2015- 2020) ........................................... 42 HIGHWAYS ENGLAND PLANS AND POLICIES ........................................... 42 3.5 REGIONAL PLANNING AND TRANSPORT POLICY ................................... 43 3.6 LOCAL PLANNING POLICY ........................................................................ 43 3.7 OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS .............................................................. 44 AN ECONOMIC STRATEGY FOR WEST SUSSEX, 2012-2020 (WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL) ...................................................................... 44 ARUN ECONOMIC STRATEGY (ARUN DISTRICT COUNCIL) ..................... 44 4 SUMMARY OF DO NOTHING SCENARIO ................................45 4.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 45 LAND USE DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................... 45 INFRASTRUCTURE SCHEMES ................................................................... 45 4.2 TRAFFIC GROWTH ...................................................................................... 46 4.3 TRAFFIC FLOWS ......................................................................................... 46 4.4 JOURNEY TIMES ......................................................................................... 49 4.5 NON-MOTORISED USERS........................................................................... 50 4.6 WIDER ECONOMY ....................................................................................... 50 A27 CORRIDOR IMPACTS ........................................................................... 50 HOUSING AND POPULATION GROWTH ..................................................... 50 PRODUCTIVITY............................................................................................ 51 TOURISM SECTOR ...................................................................................... 51 FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ........................................................ 51 5 SUMMARY OF ALTERNATIVE SCHEMES ...............................53 5.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 53 5.2 OPTION IDENTIFICATION (LONG VERSION) ............................................. 53 5.3 STAGE 1 OPTION APPRAISAL ................................................................... 57 SELECTION OF OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION ......................... 57 5.4 ROUTE DESCRIPTIONS .............................................................................. 58 OPTION 1 ..................................................................................................... 58 OPTION 3 ..................................................................................................... 59 OPTION 5A ................................................................................................... 60 5.5 JUNCTION STRATEGY ................................................................................ 61 OPTION 1 ..................................................................................................... 61 OPTION 3 ..................................................................................................... 61 OPTION 5A ................................................................................................... 61 5.6 TREATMENT OF SIDE ROADS AND